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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE Namaha

 

?kAnchyAm sarasi hEmApjEjAtham kAsAra yOginam I

kalayE ya: sriya: pathyooravim deepamakalpayath II?

 

LOkAchAryAya guravE Krishna pAdhasya soonavE I

SamsAra bhOgi sandhashta jeeva jeevAthavE nama: II

 

?vAzhi ulagAsiriyan vAzhiavan mannukulam

vAzhi mudumbaiyennum mAnagaram-vAzhi

manan soozhindha pErinbham malgumigu

nallar enan soozhindirukkum eruppu?

 

?Odhumudumbai ulagAsiriyanarul

lEdum maravAdha vemperumAn-needhi

vazhuvA sirunalloor mAmaraiyOn pAdham

thozhuvArkku vArAthuyar?

 

This is the auspicious day on which the great acharya, whose name itself 
suggests that he is an acharya to the world ?ulagaththukkellam 
asiriyan-lOkAcharyan? took avathara. Sri Pillai lokacharya is considered to be 
the avathara of kanchi Devaperumal by the Srivaishnavas. Our acharyas show the 
greatness of pillai lokacharya as follows: There is a vast difference between 
the Azhvars and the acharyas. The Azhvars were more involved in their own 
anubhavams and hence couldn?t reach the common masses so easily. Butthe 
acharyas spent their whole lifetime only for the upliftment of dullheaded 
jeevatmas (?mandhamadhipuvi mAnidhar thangalai vAnil vuyarthidu nAl?). Again 
among the acharyas there is a vast difference between the acharyas before 
EmperumAnAr and those who followed him. The acharyas before EmperumAnAr where 
called as anuvriththi prasannAcharyar (those who selected their shisyas 
according to qualifications only). But EmperumAnAr and the acharyas who 
followed him where
called as krupA mAthra prasannAcharyar (?AsaiyudaiyOr kellAm AriyargAl koorum 
endru pEsi varambharuththAr? He broke the previous practice of selecting the 
shisya by testing his qualification and made the divine rahasyas available to 
all interested disciples.) Again there is difference among the krupa mAthra 
prasannacharyars those who left their teachings in written format and those who 
stopped with just teaching. Again among the works doneby the acharyas more 
credit is given to the acharyas who did vyakhyanams to the Tamil prabhandams 
(nanjeeyer, nampillai and others) and thereby clarifying the doubts that arise 
in the Sanskrit vedas. Further credit is givento the acharyas who further 
simplified and gave the essence of the Sanskrit and Tamil vedas in the form of 
rahasya granthas (pillai lokacharya, vedantha desikan). But then the ultimate 
greatness is only to swamy Manavala mAmunikal who further simplified the 
difficult works of lokacharya and did vyakhyanams to the rahasya
granthams. That is why each day we do mangalasasanams for swamy to live long 
(?Manavala mAmunigalE ennum oru nootrAnduerrum?)

 

Today is also the avathara dhinam of the first of the mudal 
Azhvars-poigaiAzhvar. This azhvar took avathara in kancheepuram. The first 
thaniyan on top is poigaiyAzhvar?s thaniyan. He paved path for all the Azhvars 
to follow him and make the srivaishnava world cherish with their dear 
possession, the nalayira divya prabhandams. Probably this is the reason why 
Devadhirajan chose the same day to take avatharam as pillai ulagariyan to 
spread the message of the vedas and the vedanthas in a short and sweet format 
as the ?ashtAdasa rahasyams?. The divine works of pillai ulagariyan are as 
follows:

 

Mumukshupadi
Tattvatrayam
Sri vachana bhooshanam
NavaratnamAlai
Artha panchakam
Navavidha sambhandam
sriya:pathi padi
yAdruchikapadi
parandhapadi
thani thirumanthram
Thani dvayam
Thani charamam
ArchirAdhi
pramEyasEkaram
TattvasEkaram
sArasangraham
nAlu vArthai
prapanna parithrAnam

 

Out of these Mumukshupadi deals with the three rahasyas a mumukshu (one 
whodesires to attain moksha) should know. The book is in the form of aphorisms 
(sutras). The first sutra reads as follows: ?mumukshuvikku ariyavendum rahasyam 
moondru?. 

 

The next book Tattvatrayam deals with the three tattvas accepted by the 
vishistAdvaita philosophy- chit, achit and Ishwaran. Again this book contains 
number of sutras in 3 different parts to explain the three tattvas. 

 

Sri vachana bhooshanam is the masterpiece. Swamy mAmunikal in his upadesa 
ratina malai adorns this book as ?Ar vachana bhooshanaththin Azh porulellAm 
arivAr, Aradhu sol nEril anushtippAr, Or oruvar vundAgil aththanai kAnullamE, 
ellArkkum andAdhadhanrO adhu? Swamy says that it is very difficult to really 
understand the inner meanings of the sutras in Srivachana bhooshanam even if 
one understands the meanings it is very difficult to bring it into practice. If 
there is someone who can put it into practice then stop the search to find 
another one like that since it is difficult for everyone to even find one 
person who practices what is said in srivachanabhooshanam.   

 

?Arthapanchakam? explains the 5 essential things all srivaishnavas should know 
about 1. Our own-self (jeevatma tattvam) 2. paramatma tattvam 3. The way to 
attain him 4. The ultimate goal 5. the enemy which has prevented us from 
attaining the goal till now. ?

 

In NavaratnamAlai swamy ulagariyan gives nine great interpretations. The way 
the saranagathan views 1. himself 2. the body, his first enemy 3. the bodily 
relations 4. samsarees 5. other devathantharams 6. Srivaishnavas 7. Acharya 8. 
Piratti 9. Ishvaran.

 

PramEyasEkaram is a collection of what happens to a jeevatma from the firsttill 
he attains moksha.

 

SArasangaram shows how the 10 arthas conveyed by the dvaya mahamanthra has been 
explained by nammazhvar in his thiruvaimozhi?s 10 decades (each paththu gives a 
meaning)

 

Navavidha sambhandam is a book that gives the nine types of relationships we 
have with the lord.

 

?pithA cha rakshagas sEshi bhartha jnEyO ramApathi: I

svAmyAthArOmamAcha bhOkthA sAthya manoodhitha: II

 

ArchirAdhi is the work, which details the way in which jeevatma proceeds inthe 
archirAdhi mArgam before it attains paramapadam.

 

Prapanna parithrAnam shows how none other than emperuman can be our rakshakan 
(saviour) always.

 

Thanithirumanthram, Thanidvayam and Thanicharamam are works to explain the 
importance of the three rahasyas in detail.

 

The ashtAdasa rahasyas of pillai lokacharya covers almost the whole syllabus of 
an Srivaishnava student (a thorough study of these rahasyas gives us the 
complete knowledge required). The vyakhyanams of mAmunikal to these rahasya 
granthams is extraordinary. What else can we expect from that great ?vishadha 
vAk sigAmani?.  

 

So on this auspicious day let us all pledge to possess all these divine works 
and start reading (listening to upanyasams) to lift us higher due to thedivine 
grace of the acharya.  

 

Sri Pillai lokacharyar thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 



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